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Growing Watermelons in a Small Space
My family loves watermelons, especially the smaller variety we get from the organic markets we frequent. They're always sweet, fresh and juicy and just the right size to fit in the fridge. These smaller melons grow on plants that are well suited for trellis growing which makes them perfect for growing on the balcony.
The first few leaves at the base of my early moonbeam watermelon vine were damaged by a cold wind shortly after being transplanted.For best results you have to select an icebox or midget variety like Sugar Baby, Golden Midget, or Early Moonbeam. They produce melons under 10 lbs on manageable vines. My first attempt to grow watermelons in containers yielded a plant that had a couple of 12 foot vines and several shorter offshoot vines and over its lifespan it produced a dozen female flowers of which 2 produced juicy sweet 4 pound Early Moonbeam watermelons. Since then I've grown others like Sugar Baby and Golden Midget and they all had similar growing habits.
I started my Early Moonbeam from seeds indoors, probably a little too early and the vines were rather long and skinny when it was finally warm enough to transplant them. Watermelon plants don't transplant too well but on that particular occasion I didn't have any problems. Apparently they do best when transplanted after the soil temperature is in the 18 to 20C range. I think the night time temps were half that when I transplanted mine. Watermelon plants hate the cold and get damaged easily by strong winds. If you start them from seed don't start them too early and when small, protect them from the wind and cold.
Just a few weeks after pollination.You need a big container to grow watermelons, but not as big as you might think. I grew my moonbeam in a square 15x15x15 inch self-watering container that I made myself and it held about 10 gallons of soil with a water reservoir underneath that held maybe a gallon of water. The root ball grew to fill the container but I don't think it overgrew it. I've successfully grown tomatoes with root balls much denser in similar sized containers. Since then I've constructed a slightly larger self watering container using a pair of storage totes. I find this provides more than enough space to grow an icebox variety watermelon plant.
My makeshift bamboo trellis held together with twine and masking tape.It really is impractical to let the vines trail on the ground, especially on a balcony. There just isn't enough space and the vines will get trampled. The sun hits my balcony from the west and never overhead. So to make the most of the available sunlight, I grow my melons on a trellis. I used to use nothing more than some bamboo "sticks" lashed together with twine and masking tape. It was very crude, very temporary and very cheap. Since then I've constructed something a little more substantial and permanent. The important thing is to make sure the structure can support the weight of the melons. Even so, I've grown large tomato plants that put much more stress on a trellis than these small watermelon plants.
I don't see many insects buzzing around my balcony and rarely bees. Certainly not enough to pollinate a few flowers. Watermelon flowers don't open for long. Female flowers only stay open for a day so I had to resort to hand pollination. All I did was wait for a female flower to open and then pull off whatever male flowers were also open, pull the petals off the male flowers and gently wipe them across the female flower's stigma to transfer the pollen. You can also transfer pollen with a small artists brush but I find the grains of pollen produced by these small watermelon flowers are harder to work with on the trip of a brush. It's best to perform this activity in the morning which is when I like to pollinate my melons. You can identify the female flowers by their ovary which looks like a small immature melon at the base of the flower.
This melon is supported in a hammock made from nylon onion sacks suspended from the trellis.One problem with using a trellis for watermelon plants is that the melons will need support once they get over a certain size. The vines and tendrils have a hard time supporting the weight of the melons themselves. I once had a melon pull away from the trellis and as it went crashing to the balcony floor it ripped from the vine and severed the vine as well. I've used nylon onion sacks and old T-shirts tied to the trellis like hammocks to take the weight of the melons off the vines. It actually works quite well. I've hung some Golden Midget watermelons in old T-Shirts and found that they the areas of the melons covered with the shirt remained slightly green, even after the melon ripened. Golden Midget watermelons are suppose to have a golden yellow skin when ripe. But this certainly didn't affect the taste of the melon.
I suspended this melon from the trellis with the remains of an old shirt.I like to grow my watermelons in a potting mix that has compost and organic fertilizer added. I'll add 10-20% compost to the soil (I do this with all of my containers) as well as a good amount of extra perlite or vermiculite to keep the soil light and airy (because the compost has a tendency to make the potting soil overly dense for container use). I also mix in a healthy amount of organic fertilizer. At one time I was mixing in different things but now I just use a general purpose well-balanced fertilizer suitable for growing vegetables. What I use changes from season to season. I mix it in with the soil at the start of the growing season following the instructions on whatever package I've purchased from the garden center.
Apparently there are a few indicators you can use to tell when a melon is ready to pick. None of them work for me. When tapped, the sound of a ripe melon is suppose to sound like a dull thud, not hollow sounding. Another indicator is the colour of the spot where the melon rests on the ground should be yellow when ripe, not green or white. And finally, when ripe, the tendril on the vine nearest the melons stem is suppose to dry out and turn brown.
I've never been able to get anything out of tapping a watermelon and never see any tendrils on my plant turning brown. Ripe melons should also feel heavy for their size though. The first time I grew watermelons I just left them on the vine until I noticed they were starting to shrink, just a little. That's when we figured it was time to pick. If we had taken them a week earlier it might have been a bit better. It's a good idea to keep track of when you started your plants and when you transplanted them. Find out how long it should take your chosen variety to reach maturity and use this as a rough guide for when to pick that first melon. My first time growing Golden Midget watermelons yielded my first ripe melon after 70 days: exactly the number of days to maturity stated on the seed pack.
This was my first early moonbeam watermelon. A little overripe but still quite juicy and very very sweet.A couple of times I've attempted to grow Sugar Baby watermelons in a container and I have yet to reproduce the success I've had with others like Early Moonbeam or Golden Midet. I don't blame the watermelon through. There is nothing difficult or fussy about Sugar Baby watermelon plants. I just haven't had much luck with them.
The first time I grew sugar babies I found The seedlings were slow to start and did not grow as fast as I hoped they would. And when I got them outside they took a long time to start growing again. My belief is that I left them in their starter containers too long so when it came time to transplant them, the roots were easily disturbed and 'upset' by the transplant. I've since learned to be a bit more gentle with transplanting watermelons and make sure my container soil is nice and warm so the plants are not overly shocked by the change.
This was about as big as my sugar baby watermelons got. About the size of a grapefruit. This is a month and a week after pollination.Eventually the plant took off and I had to get it up on a trellis but the vines did not grow as long as I hoped they would. The leaves got big and dense but the plant just didn't want to grow. As the melons that formed on the plant grew, they quickly went from light green with stripes to an overall very dark green colour, just like you'd expect from a sugar baby melon. But once they reached large apple size I noticed they were both lopsided with the distance from top stem to bottom dimple being shorter on one side. A likely cause: inconsistent pollination. Pollination isn't just about getting male pollen somewhere in the female flower. It's about getting the pollen spread consistently across all areas of the female stigma. If the flower is inadequately pollinated, you end up with lopsided fruit growth.
You can see the spider mite damage on the lower leaves.The other major problem I had with my first Sugar Baby watermelon plant was spider mites. I started to notice some of the lower leaves on the plant turning yellow from the inside out. I couldn't see it easily at first but under really close observation I could see a number of very tiny insects covering some of the lower leaves. And they were slowing moving their way along the vines, sucking the life out of the plant as they went. The leaves on which they settled would turn yellow then brown. They would have a rough stippled texture before becoming brittle and dry. The backs of the dead leaves were covered with a very fine webbing. And it was spreading practically before my eyes. To combat the problem I started spraying the backs of the leave with water using a spray bottle in an attempt to blast them off the leaves. (If only I had known then that a little bit of dish soap in the water would have killed them instantly). It only took a few minutes and about half a gallon of water every other morning. I was able to slow the spread of the mites but it was not a permanent solution. I was not able to completely eradicate them, only slow them down temporarily.
Immature sugar baby watermelon that is lopsided due to improper pollination.At that point I pretty much gave up. It was almost September and I didn't think there was any way my lopsided melons were going to reach a mature size before the spider mites killed the plant completely. I left the pair of melons the plant was supporting on the vines for a few weeks to at least give them a chance to mature. They barely weighted half a pound. Inside they were mostly white with lots of immature seeds. I learned quite a bit from the experience, about spider mites, hand pollination and transplanting.
Although not just about watermelons, Amy Goldman's "Melons for the Passionate Grower" offers some additional information about growing several melon varieties but it's mostly just a picture book meant to inspire (which it certainly does). It doesn't give any information about growing melons in containers. The best source for information is the internet. There are a few threads on the GardenWeb forums that I highly recommend for anyone wishing to grow watermelons in containers.
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Published Saturday 15/12/2012 (updated) 02/01/2013 21:07
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In a silent and unique night that held the tidings of a glorious event, Jesus Christ was born in the manger of a humble grotto in the town of Bethlehem.
The prophecy was fulfilled "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," which means "God is with us."
In the Christmas season we unite our prayers for peace and justice in Palestine and in the whole world. This year we pray for our brothers in Gaza who suffer from humiliation, hunger, sickness and homelessness as a result of the continuous Israeli aggression on their houses and lands.
This month we commemorate our Lord's Nativity, and the international recognition of our long awaited state of Palestine in the historical voting at the General Assembly of the United Nations. This victory, of obtaining a birth certificate for our state, represents an earnest step towards achieving peace in the Middle East and international legitimacy.
And we proudly celebrate UNESCO's decision of inscribing the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrim's Route on the World Heritage List, which is a source of pride and celebration for every Bethlehemite and Palestinian alike, and a confirmation of our national Palestinian identity.
I seize this opportunity to extend a sincere invitation for all people of good will to visit Bethlehem, and I warmly welcome visitors from all corners of the world, who came this year to share with us the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ in the heart of our holy town.
I hope they would sense the holiness and authenticity of Bethlehem while wandering in its streets and corners, and experience the warmth of its citizens' hospitality. I urge our families in the Arab world to visit our holy places in solidarity with the people and against the Israeli occupation.
Vera Baboun was elected Mayor of Bethlehem in October 2012.
1 ) Colin Wright / USA
15/12/2012 21:44
...I believe the Jews spray-painted THEIR Christmas message on the wall of a church last week. ...but there. Not all Jews are Zionists. No more than all Germans were Nazis.
2 ) Amazing / USA
16/12/2012 01:37
Amazingly, here we have read from mayor of Bethlehem who uttered the name of Christ while the Muslims and Arabs denied Jewish heritage. It was those JEWISH writers who told the story about Jesus Christ in the Bible. You believe that Christ existed, but you rejected the presence of Jewish people during the time of Christ. Amazing!! Guess who wrote the Gospels? The JEWS. Use your head, folks. Common sense, eh? Don't deny history.
3 ) Hanan Nastas / USA
16/12/2012 05:45
Highly respected Mrs. Vera, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
4 ) Harriet Every / UK
16/12/2012 11:57
Thank you - I look forward to visiting Bethlehem in 2013
5 ) Ahavah from / Il.
16/12/2012 14:21
Jesus, the WORD become flesh and dwelt amongst us, was born into a jewish home; He was circumsized on the 8th day; He had a bar Mitzvah around his 12th to 13th yr. when the family came from Nazareth to Jerusalem for Passover; He kept every Shabbat from birth to death; He kept all the Feasts Days of the Lord as noted in Leviticus 23. It's NOT possible to "love the jewish Jesus, yet hate the Jews". You can't have it both ways.
6 ) Christian Palestinian / Palestine - Bethlehem
16/12/2012 19:05
We know the meaning of love from Jesus, and we don't hate jews, we are against the TERRANY, the terrany of zionism...... we respect jews and muslims and eveyone.... Please note that the Mayor of Bethlehem is Christian, and according to the Palestinian Law there must 8 christian mayors for 8 palestinian cities and villages where there is a christian population, such as Bethlehem. Merry Christmas to you all
7 ) Falasteen / Europe
16/12/2012 20:15
Jesus was not a Jew and certainly no an Israeli. If Israelis and Jews have been occupying Palestine for > 64 years, annexing the holy land and killing Muslim and Christian Palestinians, no wonder that the world hate them, that's an obvious consequence of their inhuman behavior. Than female mayor of Bethlehem, extended a sincere invitation for all people of good will to visit Bethlehem, so please accept her warm invitation and please boycott visiting the apartheid state isreal.
8 ) Ana / NZ
16/12/2012 20:40
I Am so happy for the people of Palestine but so sad for the angry people who have posted their hate of others. Christmas is about love and understanding. Of course everyone is aware that Jesus was a Jew. They dont know the Bible if they arent. The distinction is political not religious regarding the State of Israel. The Zionist state that imprisons and in fact has been known to persecute its Palestinian Christian population. To despise the hate that the state perpetrates is not to hate jews
9 ) ian / australia
17/12/2012 01:00
#1 "...I believe the Jews spray-painted THEIR Christmas message on the wall of a church last week." I'm waiting for the card: "Jesus is a son-of-a-b****! Seasons Greetings from Israel".
10 ) Robert / US
17/12/2012 16:10
How did it go again on the youtube video ?oh Yeah."We Killed your F**king Jesus !!! Were Proud of it."
11 ) ian / australia
17/12/2012 22:49
"Jesus...was born into a jewish home" (#5), "Of course everyone is aware that Jesus was a Jew" (#8) "Jesus was not a Jew" (#7) Interesting. Was Jesus a Jew? He was Galilean (from Galilee), a Nazarene (from Nazareth), ethnically Canaanite (like everyone else, with whatever admixture of foreign blood that implies) and religiously a Jehovah-worshipper. He certainly wasn't Judean (from Judea) or of the tribe of Judah or (G-d forbid) Levi. (His fiercest scorn and vitriol were aimed at the priestly
12 ) ian / australia
17/12/2012 22:50
(contd.) sect of the Levites..."Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers".) The fanatical Levites in the south regarded northerners as barely religious, positively pagan in their failure to observe Jehovah's (actually THEIR) "statutes and judgements" inc. not working on the Sabbath. So was Jesus a Jew? As "Jew" didn't exist as a meaningful term, being invented centuries later (derived from Judah) arguably not. But if he was, it would have been along the lines of the benign tribal religion of the
13 ) ian / australia
17/12/2012 22:50
(contd.) Israelites in the Northern Kingdom, observing moral commandments (before vanishing from history in 720BC, absorbed by Assyria and never heard of again) who never heard the chilling, racial Second Law of the Levites (Deuteronomy) concocted in Babylon a century later and imposed like an albatross on the people who would become "Jews". The fanatical Levites begat the Talmudic Rabbis of the Christian era which begat Zionism in our own. The idea that Jesus, the Nazarene, who told
14 ) ian / australia
17/12/2012 22:52
(contd.) the story of the Good Samaritan with its message of compassion for ALL people, because EVERYONE is your neighbour could be related to THEM is so absurd, I'm with Falasteen (#7) "Jesus was not a Jew". Merry Christmas.
15 ) Colin Wright / USA
18/12/2012 06:18
re #2 'Amazing' and #5 Ahavah. Considering what the Jews have taught about Jesus, their chutzbah is indeed amazing. It's like Julius Streicher demanding a lifetime achievement award from the ADL. First they betray Him, then they spend two thousand years vilifying Him -- then they demand that Christians be grateful. I mean, it's not me that brought the subject up. It's utterly shameless.
16 ) @6 / ps
18/12/2012 12:26
you arent christian,palestinian or arab.stick to your real name ..;l
17 ) Yehuda Solomon / Israel
19/12/2012 01:09
Oh, hell, let's get this straight: @ 5), Thank you for your kind words but no, Jesus DIDN'T have a Bar Mitzvah. If alive today, he wouldn't even know what it was. Such a ceremony for 13-yr.-old Jewish males (a Bat Mitzvah is for females) isn't even mentioned in our Bible or Christian New Testament. Bar Mitzvah's got going way back around the 1300's or 1400's. @ 9), Not very damn funny, if you really want to know. @ 11) to 14), No, despite his location of birth, upbringing, adult (cont.)
18 ) ian / australia
19/12/2012 01:11
#2, #5 Two garbled responses to a story about Christmas motivated seemingly by the fact that it isn't about Jews...or not enough, which they seem to think it should be. (It's eating them up.) First Ahavah. The ONLY evidence for the life of Jesus is the New Testament. NOTHING in your list of "Jewish" stuff you say Jesus did is mentioned there, so you're projecting YOUR sense of what Jews do with ZERO evidence. And your list is anachronistic. You're describing an observant Jew, from a Levitical,
19 ) ian / australia
19/12/2012 01:12
(contd.) Talmudic tradition (Feast Days of Leviticus etc.) not a Galilean from the 1st Century. And Jesus WASN'T "observant". He was a bad Jew. He worked on the Sabbath healing people. He rejected the dietary laws and ate with "unwashen hands". He denied the authority of the Levites and used Passover to instigate the Eucharist. A BAD Jew. "It's NOT possible to "love the jewish Jesus, yet hate the Jews". You can't have it both ways." You really don't get Jesus do you? Jesus said Jews and Gentiles
20 ) ian / australia
19/12/2012 01:13
(contd.) are just the same. The distinction is meaningless. Also kind of evil. No-one who accepts Jesus' message on any level (and it's billions of people!) wants it "both ways". We don't care whether Jesus is "Jewish" or not. (Just like He didn't.) It's irrelevant. And we don't hate anyone (though the BEHAVIOUR of some, which we DO hate, admittedly sometimes makes it hard).
21 ) Yehuda Solomon / Israel
19/12/2012 01:34
travels and livelihood, he absolutely was Jewish (not Canaanite). The name Yeshua (Hebrew)/Jesus (English) is derived from the Hebrew (read: JEWISH) name, Yehoshua (Hebrew)/Joshua (English). Again, you're too falsely extending the classification of Canaanite peoples--like the erroneous anthropologist you've posted before--to the Israelites by virtue of the same falsely-connected ethnicity and subsequent same territorial habitation in that part of Mesopotamia no matter the historical (cont.)
22 ) ian / australia
19/12/2012 01:36
Now..."Amazing" (#2) Mostly paranoid nonsense. "...while the Muslims and Arabs denied Jewish heritage", "...but you rejected the presence of Jewish people during the time of Christ." What ARE you talking about? No-one "rejects" the Judean presence in Canaan. It's a matter of record. "It was those JEWISH writers who told the story about Jesus Christ in the Bible." Yes, Jews who rejected Judaism and the idea of "Jewishness", saying in effect, "I'm not a Jew, I'm a human being, like everyone else."
23 ) ian / australia
19/12/2012 01:39
(contd.) But what's weirdest in both posts is the impulse to CLAIM Jesus as your own...even though you HATE Him with a passion, reject every word He said, spit on Him, curse and ridicule Him (Talmud) and vandalise holy places built in His name (like Saint Francis and Latrun Monasteries). And why? Just to spoil Bethlehem's Christmas moment and Mayor Baboun's feisty, inspiring speech...like party-pooping, Jewish Grinches! Oy veh! (Merry Christmas.)
24 ) Yehuda Solomon / Israel
19/12/2012 01:51
developments that unfolded. Jesus most certainly was Judean by virtue of the people he considered himself ethnically, geographically and "religiously" attached to. That's exactly what his pedigree correctly reveals in the New Testament. Your claims of fanatical, southern Levites regarding northern Jews/Judeans as paganistic is crazy as hell. All Jews/Judeans during Roman times were basically all Jews/Judeans whether in the north (Galilee), Jerusalem or south. Claiming his Judean or (cont.)
25 ) Yehuda Solomon / Israel
19/12/2012 02:03
Jewish identity came from the Israelites is correct because that's where ALL the Judeans/Jews came from. The people of Judah (Judeans) were simply (by separation of kingdom) apart from the kingdom of Israel which 10 Israelite tribes still agreed to call themselves after they separated from the other 2 tribes (who eventually settled on just calling themselves Judeans) after King Solomon's reign but otherwise ALL the people were ALL Israelites. GOT THAT ??? Deuteronomy was already (cont.)
26 ) Yehuda Solomon / Israel
19/12/2012 02:34
a part of our sacred Torah long BEFORE the time of--if I read you right--King Josiah because, despite any Levitical "2nd additional Law" hypothesized by "popular" Biblical analytical theory-- all the priests would have had to fully know their own applicable commandments once we entered Canaan since that's when only certain priestly commandents--such as those relating to sacrifices--could be done and HAD to be done. Some of those are in Deuteronomy so it had to have been known through Moses.
27 ) Renee / USA
19/12/2012 16:30
Thank you, Vera, for this inspiring Christmas message, and congratulations on becoming Mayor of Bethlehem. :) The Lord Jesus brings Truth, Love and Peace to all who are seeking Him with sincere hearts. May God bless you all and may there be peace on earth, good will toward men. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
28 ) Robert / US
19/12/2012 17:10
I suggest people look at what Bejamin H. Freedman had to say." Jesus was not Jewish".And what he warned us about in 1961.very interesting stuff.
29 ) Robert / US
19/12/2012 21:34
Benjamin H. Freedman was very important in exposing the Evil of Zionism in which he knew well
30 ) not reading maan anymore / somewhere
19/12/2012 23:19
so maan news agency publishes the comments of zionists and withholds the comment of a palestinian! nice! was the comment offensive to the zionist terrorists? then why did u publish their offensive comments??? why do u continue to publish their offensive comments on ur articles?? this is what u get when ur a supposedly palestinian news site with american editors instead of palestinians: our word of truth becomes tabu, but the zionist verbal attacks and hasbara are allowed!!!
31 ) ian / australia
20/12/2012 03:25
#17 "@ 9), Not very damn funny, if you really want to know." I suppose not, sorry. #24 "Jesus most certainly was Judean by virtue of the people he considered himself ethnically, geographically and "religiously" attached to." The NT is the ONLY source for this Yehuda, and he's never identified as Judean or of the tribe of Judah (or Levi). And there's no indcation of who he felt "attached to"...so I think you're making that up. And the Judean priesthood were the targets of his bitterest rebukes,
32 ) ian / australia
20/12/2012 03:27
(contd.) so it's doubtful he considered himself "attached" to them. He is however called Galilean (and Nazarene). (For Pharisees thinking Galileans religiously slack see opinion of Yohanan ben Zakkai in Jerusalem Talmud.) (I sound like a Yeshiva student!) Also, Jesus' blistering "Woes of the the Pharisees" ("Hypocrites! For ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness." Ouch!)
33 ) ian / australia
20/12/2012 03:28
(contd.) #24 "That's exactly what his pedigree correctly reveals in the New Testament" First, there's nothing "correct" about biblical pedigrees. They are fiddled to give people the ancestors they need. Jesus' lineage, through Mary AND Joseph (who isn't his father) are cooked to make him descend from the House of David (to fulfill prophecy)...and on BOTH sides. And as Jesus' REAL Father is G-d (!) the earthly genealogy of Mary, the immaculate vessel (free of original sin) chosen to bear him,
34 ) ian / australia
20/12/2012 03:29
(contd.) strikes me as irrelevant. #25-#26 "Deuteronomy was already a part of our sacred Torah long BEFORE the time of...King Josiah" Yehuda, you may believe Deuteronomy was written by Moses on the plains of Moab relaying laws revealed to him on Sinai, but I think it's written by Levites in Babylon PRETENDING to be Moses. (Like Moby Dick wasn't written by a whaler named Ishmael, but Melville the novelist.) It was even "planted" in the Temple for Josiah's High Priest Hilkiah to make the
35 ) ian / australia
20/12/2012 03:32
(contd.) miraculous discovery of a long lost "Book of the Law"! Whodathunkit? Also, your tortuous reasoning that because laws (eg. regarding animal sacrifice) were needed BEFORE the Israelites entered Canaan, they MUST have been known and written AT THAT TIME well before the captivity, is pretty...well, tortuous (IMHO) (And I still think Judah, and hence the term Jew, became dominant not due to agreement amongst the tribes but the happy accident (for Judah) of the Northern Israelite Kingdom
36 ) ian / australia
20/12/2012 03:34
(contd.) being absorbed by mankind leaving Judah alone controlled by the fanatical cult of the Levites and their sinister and destructive Law.) Merry Christmas.
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20/12/2012 22:17
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April 04, 2008
Ask any veterinarian anywhere in North America and they'll agree: tetanus and rabies vaccinations are a must.... Read More
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October 12, 2005
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February 02, 2005
The much anticipated court-ordered exhumation of the body of champion Saddlebred Wild Eyed and Wicked began this morning under gray skies and amidst chilling temperatures at Double D Ranch near Versailles, Ky. Wicked was one of five top American... Read More
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February 01, 2005
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February 23, 2004
Lunn presented studies that he and six other scientists completed comparing immune responses between commonly used, commercially available vaccines.... Read More
Tetanus Prevention in Horses
February 04, 2004
Tetanus, or lockjaw, is an often fatal disease caused by the anaerobic (grows in low oxygen conditions)bacterium, Clostridium tetani. The spores of C. tetani are commonly present in the soil and can contaminate puncture wounds,... Read More
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December 05, 2003
In 2004, your veterinarian's truck might be stocked with a new combination vaccine--protection against West Nile virus (WNV) has been folded into routinely used three-way and four-way vaccines. The new combinations, manufactured by Fort Dodge... Read More
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July 29, 2003
Preventing infectious diseases and parasites from attacking our horses are primary concerns for every horse owner. James D. Smith, DVM, a practitioner at Hagyard-Davidson-McGee Associates, PLLC, in Lexington, Ky., and Craig Reinemeyer, DVM, PhD,... Read More
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October 09, 2001
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September 13, 2001
When there is a new drug or vaccine going through the approval process with FDA or USDA, there are certain criteria that have to be met. We discuss this in-depth in our article that begins on page 37. The... Read More
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exhibits, or displays in public spaces with stakeholders regis- Leadership development programs are increasingly com-
tering their preference using markers or stickers to tabulate mon techniques to develop civic capacity, enable leadership,
preferences and demonstrate consensus. and further educational efforts among community leaders.
Examples of leadership programs include AASHTO's National
Transportation Leadership Institute and the Central Florida
Stakeholder Groups
Regional Leadership Academy.
Stakeholder groups encourage ownership of a visioning pro-
cess from within the community as well as provide valuable
Application within
guidance and executive leadership. Membership often includes
the Vision Guide
community leaders, interest group representatives, users of
the transportation system, and elected officials or agency TCAPP provides an interactive method to select the tools and
executives, and they may be provided agency or project staff techniques referenced earlier in this chapter, as well as hyper-
technical support. links to additional web resources and real world examples of
Task forces are collaborative decision and policy groups visioning best practices. The following section discusses key
that play an active role in a visioning process, lending guid- practitioner activities, roles, and responsibilities related to
ance and credibility, drafting recommendations, and provid- reaching stakeholders for relevant activity areas within the
ing solutions or decisions on significant issues. Task forces framework of the Vision Guide. This high-level, strategic
often operate by consensus and propose recommendations guidance is intended to present critical questions and key
to leadership or agency officials. activities to be considered by the practitioner.
Citizen advisory committees act primarily in an advisory
role, studying issues, presenting opinions, or producing guid-
Preparing for the Vision
ance, but they are not necessarily required to reach consensus
and may simply provide a forum for issues to be voiced. Com- The groundwork for effective outreach and involvement
mittees may be formed to address different aspects within a efforts is established in early phases of a visioning process
visioning process, such as a public involvement campaign, by determining the scope, purpose, audience, and resources
scenario planning technical support, or issue-specific groups, of the process. Within the first phase of a vision there are
such as bicycle and pedestrian or environmental interests. five activity areas relevant to the reaching stakeholders
Programs and Partnerships
Why Are We Doing This?
Often formed during visioning processes, programs and part-
nerships facilitate vision development and may then continue Engaging stakeholders and partners early helps develop inter-
as lasting outcomes of the process. Developing a cooperative est and ownership in the process and helps build a compel-
relationship with partners and stakeholders is critical to the ling case for a vision. Cultivating public champions among
successful completion and institution of a vision. A wide vari- influential leaders from public, private, and nonprofit spheres
ety of programs and partnerships are formed during visioning also may provide essential support for the vision as it pro-
efforts, although they generally include collaboration with gresses. Outreach in this initial activity area is focused pri-
public agencies, elected officials, and community leaders. For marily on informative techniques to share background
more information on forming partnerships see Chapter 7. information regarding the project's purpose and need. Artic-
Interagency working groups can enhance coordination ulating the need and context for a vision sets the stage and
among public agencies, either through formal means, such as direction of future efforts, and stakeholder outreach helps
a memorandum of agreement, or informal means, such as determine potential activities, direction, and scope. Informa-
interagency councils (see North Carolina Department of tive techniques may include providing press releases and
Transportation 2011; Puget Sound Regional Council 2011). communications materials, establishing an informational web-
These partnerships are often formed during a visioning pro- site or blog for the project, or even conducting initial com-
cess as technical advisory groups, or they already may be in munity meetings. A number of feedback techniques may prove
existence as standing interagency partnerships. useful. Key techniques may include opinion surveys, com-
Developing a forum for elected officials is often essential to munity canvassing efforts, focus groups, and other in-depth
implementing and integrating a vision into local development early community outreach. Collaboration should be encour-
regulations. A forum for elected officials provides continuing aged from the very start of the process, and this may be an
educational and outreach efforts because many officials are appropriate time to begin working with community leaders,
term limited and may not be knowledgeable of long-term, forming task forces and community working groups, and
ongoing efforts (see myregion.org 2011a). developing partnerships.
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Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing Who Will We Involve
outreach tools:
Gaining the cooperation of the many stakeholders and repre-
sentatives involved in a visioning process often requires creat-
· What feedback is needed from stakeholders to begin fram-
ing new partnerships or leveraging existing networks. The role
ing the problem statement for the vision?
of outreach in this step is to ensure that key contributors are
· How do we best communicate with stakeholders? (For
not overlooked and that feedback is used to identify all part-
example, is the audience web accessible, or are there sig-
ners and stakeholders. Input from public meetings, question-
nificant groups of hard-to-reach stakeholders?)
naires, online communications, community conversations,
· What does the public already know about the planned
and other feedback mechanisms can be used to ensure that all
visioning effort? (That is, are there public perception issues
contributors are identified.
or specific messaging activities that must be managed?)
Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing
outreach tools:
What Is Important?
· Who has regulatory powers or implementation authority
Establishing significant community considerations, key priori- over key issues to be considered in the vision?
ties, or driving research questions informs the scale and scope · Which groups may have a vested interest in the process or
of a visioning process. Stakeholder outreach will help determine might be most affected by the vision outcomes?
the boundaries of the region, the communities involved, the · What partners or networks currently exist within the
range of topics addressed, and the desired outcomes of the pro- community?
cess. Outreach activities often focus on obtaining feedback on
what communities know now and want to know more about.
Informative techniques may be used, such as interviews with What Is Our Approach?
community leaders or key stakeholders, agency coordination This activity area focuses on finalizing a public participation
meetings, and opinion surveys or questionnaires. Collabora- and involvement strategy for significant activities in the next
tion with community leaders will support the development of phase. At this point in the process, outreach tools should be
a visioning process that is widely supported. finalized, networks developed, media contacts made, and
Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing information presented to community members. Final prod-
outreach tools: ucts often include public communications materials, media
materials, a website, and related branding materials.
· Is there a common regional or community identity? Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing
· How far into the future are we looking? outreach tools:
· What key issues should be considered and addressed?
· What can stakeholders tell us about desired outcomes? · Is the project ready to begin soliciting significant public
· What is the level of initial public interest or media coverage?
What Are Our Resources?
· Does the outreach strategy address all major partners,
Outreach activities within this area are focused primarily on stakeholder groups, and the general public?
communicating with potential funding partners and key
stakeholders. Feedback from these parties will help develop
Creating the Vision
a business case based on expected outcomes of completing
a vision. Collaborative techniques are critical to support the Active engagement of stakeholders in creating the vision is
cultivation of direct financial and in-kind resources from vital to ensuring its collaborative development. The ground-
partners and stakeholders. Community leader outreach and work for effective outreach and involvement efforts is estab-
the formation of programs and partnerships will help the lished within this second phase of the visioning process.
practitioner determine available resources. There are four activity areas relevant to the reaching stake-
Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing holders component.
outreach tools:
Where Are We Now?
· How may outreach be targeted to key participants, includ-
ing funding partners? Outreach techniques in this activity focus on feedback and
· Can partnerships assist with funding requirements or act collaborative processes, as information gathered feeds into
as in-kind resource pools? later scenario and indicator development. Assessing data and
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stakeholder input will assist in selecting an appropriate strategies provide creative opportunities for involvement. The
scenario-planning tool. Informative techniques such as visu- result is a well-planned stakeholder outreach strategy that
alizations and maps are effective at conveying baseline infor- helps ensures that the community vision best represents inter-
mation. Public meetings and interactive forums are useful in ests and input from all stakeholders. This is a key point in any
informing participants and gathering feedback on core values. visioning process and often is the stage at which clear com-
Collaborative techniques are effective in engaging key stake- munication and full participation are critical to ensuring later
holders to make final decisions on information presented or buy-in and commitment to the vision's outcomes.
indicators to use in later visioning activities. Selection of a scenario-planning approach and associated
Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing outreach activities is a key element of this activity area. A variety
outreach tools: of scenario tools and techniques can be used to foster participa-
tion, convey ideas, and solicit feedback and comments during
· How can we tell a compelling story of conditions, issues, vision development. The tools and techniques available range
and challenges to be addressed in the vision? from complex technical software to basic role playing and board
· How can we provide opportunities for the public to help games. Each community is unique, and available tools and tech-
establish community core values? niques may be customized to provide the best fit. Tool selection
· How can we engage stakeholders for input on key issues and considerations might include cost and budget available or the
values to determine the indicators to assess future scenarios? focus of the tool (e.g., land use, transportation, and environ-
ment), among other criteria. From an outreach perspective, key
considerations may be how intuitive or visually effective the sce-
Where Are We Going? nario tool is in conveying information. The selection matrix
Providing information on probable future trends helps par- earlier in this chapter provides additional information and links
ticipants in a visioning process assess their choices and deter- to a variety of scenario-planning support options.
mine preferences. Building consensus around long-term goals, Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing
objectives, or guiding principles may be challenging, but it outreach tools:
will provide significant direction for the community. Commu-
· What is the most appropriate scenario-planning approach
nity goals are formed on the basis of information presented
for the community (e.g., technical software, interactive role-
and input provided, and principles provide guidance toward
playing games, or conceptual visual preference surveys)?
meeting those goals. Targeted outreach may occur, which
· How can we best engage the maximum number of partici-
focuses on specific expert or professional stakeholders who may
pants in viewing, learning, evaluating, and registering a
help answer questions about significant trends that will shape preference for the alternative scenarios produced?
the community. Outreach should actively inform, engage, and · What innovative methods, technologies, or resources are
excite stakeholders by providing information about possibili- available to reach the broadest range of stakeholders?
ties for the future. · How can we best gather and use public input in a transparent
Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing manner, so the process is not jeopardized?
outreach tools: · What is the exact role of the public in crafting the final pre-
ferred future?
· How can we tell a compelling story of future trends in the
· How can we best use public input in determining goals and How Will We Get There?
guiding principles for the vision? Values, goals, issues, and principles may be aligned with con-
· Which stakeholder groups should be targeted for informa- sensus alternatives to provide guidance on priority issues to be
tion on trends and a future outlook? identified in the vision and acted upon during implementa-
tion. This iterative process allows for building public agree-
Where Do We Want to Be? ment in preparation of the release of vision outcomes or
products. Collaborative techniques such as community work-
Developing potential alternative futures helps the public make ing groups, breakout groups at public meetings, and other
informed choices. Providing the public the opportunity to decision-making partnerships organized for the visioning pro-
view, assess, and provide preferences on alternative futures is cess can be encouraged to lead the development of the final
the hallmark of successful visioning processes. For the best vision. The vision can be tested for acceptance through out-
results, the process of engaging the public, soliciting input, reach to a broad range of stakeholders, through online resources,
and utilizing that input should be structured, transparent, public media, or large-scale meetings. Communicating the
and genuine. Interactive, targeted outreach and engagement final vision in a compelling and accessible manner is a critical
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part of outreach. Simplicity is often best, and final visions are · What are the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders to
commonly represented as conceptual images, future maps, or ensure implementation and evaluate progress?
simple statements. Final project materials also should incor- · What partnerships and relationships from the visioning
porate information on the development process, implemen- process can be leveraged for implementation efforts?
tation, roles and responsibilities, and future stages of the
visioning process.
What Have We Accomplished?
Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing
outreach tools: Continuing to monitor, measure, and report the status of
implementation is a powerful tool for continuing efforts and
· Is stakeholder input into the preferred scenario and final adjusting priorities. Stakeholder outreach is a critical compo-
vision statement clearly demonstrated and communicated? nent of communicating progress and assisting in maintaining
· Have we addressed participant concerns with the scenario- public support and interest in the project. Online resources,
development process to ensure maximum consensus and publications, and visualizations are effective techniques to
ownership of the outcomes? help distribute information and progress reports to wide
· How do we best communicate the final vision to stake-
audiences in a compelling and accessible way.
holders? Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing
· How do we begin to prepare stakeholders for implemen-
outreach tools:
· How can we best communicate to stakeholders the vision's
Implementing the Vision progress, performance, and achievements?
· How can we best involve those stakeholders in contribut-
Even the most successful vision development process will ing toward the implementation of the vision?
result in little without a plan that outlines how the vision will
be accomplished and that further increases stakeholder com-
mitment to the vision. Continuing engagement of stakeholders How Do We Maintain Our Vision?
through this phase ensures that implementation efforts are
Providing motivation to act on a vision, sometimes decades
effective and that motivation remains to sustain the vision.
after development, may require partners to re-engage con-
Within the third phase of a vision there are three activity areas
tinually in implementation efforts. Strategies to accomplish
relevant to the reaching stakeholders component.
this include recognition of achievements, collaboration on
specific objectives, updates to components of the vision, and
How Do We Stay on Track? other outreach methods to maintain strong community part-
Recognizing partner and public contributions to the vision- nerships. Informative tools can be used to engage stakeholders
ing process and communicating opportunities for future in the performance of the vision and in raising awareness of
involvement is critical to sustaining the vision. Maintaining planned updates. Collaborative techniques such as leadership
existing relationships and outreach efforts provides a critical councils, community programs, and elected official groups
transition from active visioning to implementation efforts. are effective in developing an update process and refreshing
Practitioners may engage lead stakeholders and partner orga- partnerships. Ongoing partnerships and programs also are
nizations to review action items and to determine responsi- examples of techniques used to maintain momentum and
bility over the execution of various elements of the vision. interest in ongoing efforts.
Collaborative techniques such as meetings with stakeholders Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing
are useful to review roles and responsibilities and to continue outreach tools:
ongoing interagency and partner coordination established
within the visioning process. · How can we refresh partnerships and continue the stake-
Practitioners may consider these questions when assessing holder relationships developed?
outreach tools: · Are there new stakeholders or partnerships that could be
involved in an update process?
· Which stakeholders must be involved in implementation · How do we maintain stakeholder interest or galvanize par-
efforts, and which stakeholders hold responsibility for future ticipants long after the active public involvement activities
actions? of the vision are complete?


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Tonight's game between the Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets has been postponed. A decision about the remainder of the game will be made at a later date by the National Hockey League.
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